Myra Brownbridge: The Voyage Out
George Garford | Matthew Holmes | Myra Brownbridge | Tom Ollendorff | Tony Kofi
If you’ve not heard of Myra Brownbridge, it’s because she’s spent her career so far working with better-known headliners -...
Reviewed by Peter Jones in issue: December/2024
Charles McPherson: Beautiful!
Charles McPhetson | Duke Jordan | Leroy Williams | Sam Jones
A brilliant Bird-inspired altoist as opposed to a run-of-the-mill copyist McPherson proved to be a valuable mainstay of Charles Mingus’...
Reviewed by Roy Carr in issue: April/2016
Steve Coleman's Natal Eclipse: Morphogenesis
Since his debut in the 1980s Coleman has periodically unveiled new ensembles in a specific context. In this case the...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: October/2017
Yellowjackets with the WDR Big Band: Jackets XL
Bob Mintzer | Dane Alderson | Russell Ferrante | William Kennedy
Mintzer is a long-time associate of the WDR band. However, the Mack Avenue releases have emphasised the Jackets' small group...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: December/2020
Roscoe Mitchell With Craig Taborn And Kikanju Baku: Conversations II
Craig Taborn | Kikanju Baku | Roscoe Mitchell
“Great black music: ancient to future” is the seminal manifesto of Art Ensemble Of Chicago, but this thrilling trio led...
Reviewed by Kevin Le Gendre in issue: June/2016
Satoko Fujii: Hazuki
Reviewing the duo Futari in last month's issue, I described Satoko Fujii as “highly prolific” and indeed in 2018, the...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: May/2021
Polly Gibbons: All I Can Do
Recorded before an invited audience at NYC's Power Station Studios, this third Resonance release from Polly Gibbons is one of...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: July/2019
Hedvig Mollestad Trio: Smells Funny
Ellen Brekken | Hedvig Mollestad Thomassen | Ivar Loe Bjørnstad
Our chums at Classic Rock dubbed this trio ‘Sabbath Jazz’. And if you stopped reading there, woe betide you tin-eared...
Reviewed by Andy Robson in issue: Feb/2019
John Coltrane: “Live” At The Village Vanguard
Elvin Jones | Eric Dolphy | Jimmy Garrison | John Coltrane | McCoy Tyner | Reggie Workman
If you want to be reminded that 1961 was a great year for jazz, you only have to look at...
Reviewed by Brian Priestley in issue: May/2012
Emma Smith: Meshuga Baby
Conor Chaplin | Emma Smith | Jamie Safir | Luke Tomlinson
It’s remarkable to think that 10 years have elapsed since Emma Smith’s brilliant 2012 debut, The Huntress. Recently shortlisted for...
Reviewed by Peter Quinn in issue: August/2022
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